IRL: Kentucky: Tony Kanaan preview

Tony Kanaan on the AMBER Alert Portal Indy 300:
"The Team 7-Eleven car has been very strong on the 1.5-mile ovals this year; we finished third at
both Homestead and Texas and won at Kansas. We are going to Kentucky with the idea of ...

Tony Kanaan on the AMBER Alert Portal Indy 300:

"The Team 7-Eleven car has been very strong on the 1.5-mile ovals this year; we finished third at
both Homestead and Texas and won at Kansas. We are going to Kentucky with the idea of having another
victory lane celebration."

* Kanaan has six top-three finishes in 2005 and nine top-10 finishes
this season. His best efforts thus far are a victory at Kansas (July 3)
and a second-place finish at St. Petersburg (April 3).

* Kanaan enters the Amber Alert Portal Indy 300 ranked third on the
IndyCar Series driver points chart with 338 points, just one point shy
of second place and 79 points behind leader Dan Wheldon.

* Kanaan qualified on the pole position for the 89th running of the
Indianapolis 500.

* Kanaan has led 239 laps during the 2005 IndyCar Series season,
including 75 at Nashville, 62 at Texas, 54 at the Indianapolis 500 and
24 at Michigan.

* Kanaan registered an IndyCar Series record string of 18-consecutive
top-five finishes, dating from the second race of the 2004 season
through the third event of the 2005 campaign.

* Kanaan also set an IndyCar Series record with 25 consecutive races
finished, having completed 25 consecutive events dating from the 14th
race of the 2003 season (Chicagoland, Sept. 7) through the sixth event
of the 2005 campaign (Texas, June 11).

"Each time we show up at a track we expect a strong performance from the Team 7-Eleven car.
Kentucky is a challenge because it is a bit rougher than some of the other 1.5-mile tracks, and therefore,
mechanical grip becomes as important as fine-tuning the aero configuration."